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Arnold Reimann
1870–1938
A Berlin educator and history writer, he produced textbooks and historical works meant for a broad reading public. His career also reflects the sharp political turn of German schooling in the early 20th century.
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Gemälde und ihre Meister
by Arnold Reimann
About the author
Born on October 10, 1870, in Bütow, Arnold Friedrich Siegfried Reimann became a teacher of German and history in Berlin and later served as a city school official. He earned a doctorate in Berlin in 1900 with a dissertation on the humanist Pirckheimer family.
Reimann wrote widely for students and general readers, publishing schoolbooks as well as larger historical works such as Deutsche Geschichte im Reformationszeitalter, 1500–1648 and Der Werdegang des deutschen Volkes. His books show how strongly he wanted history to be taught as a shaping force in public life, not just as an academic subject.
Sources consistently describe him as a strongly nationalist educational figure, and modern reference works note his role in pushing history teaching toward the spirit of National Socialism. He died on June 2, 1938. No suitable verified portrait image could be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so no profile image is included.